. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/SPS/N/CHL/347 
21 February 2011 
 (11-0884) 
Committee on Sanitary a nd Phytosanitary Measures Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
1. Notifying Member:  CHILE
 
If applicable, name of local government involved:  
2. Agency responsible:  Ministerio de Salud, Departamento de Alimentos y Nutrición  
(Ministry of Health, Department of Food and Nutrition) 
3. Products covered (provide tariff item numbe r(s) as specified in national schedules 
deposited with the WTO;  ICS numbers should be provided in addition, where 
applicable):  Pesticides 
4. Regions or countries likely to be affected, to the extent relevant or practicable: 
[X] All trading partners [ ] Specific regions or countries: 
5. Title of the notified document:  Actualización Resolución Exenta N° 33/2010 Fija 
Tolerancias Máximas de Residuos de Plaguicidas en Alimentos  (Update to Exempt 
Resolution No. 33/2010 establishing maximum pes ticide residue tolerance levels for food)  
Language:  Spanish. Number of pages:  78 
6. Description of content:  The proposed text updates the ma ximum residue limits (MRLs) 
applicable in the country, as established in the current Exempt Resolution No. 3/2010. 
7. Objective and rationale:  [X] food safety, [ ] animal health, [ ] plant protection, 
[ ] protect humans from animal/plant pest or  disease, [ ] protect territory from other 
damage from pests.  
8. Is there a relevant international stan dard?  If so, identify the standard:  
[X] Codex Alimentarius Commission (e.g. title or serial number of Codex standard 
or related text)  
[ ] World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) (e.g. Terrestrial or Aquatic 
Animal Health Code, chapter number)  
[ ] International Plant Protection Convention (e.g. ISPM number)  
[ ] None  G/SPS/N/CHL/347 
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   Does this proposed regulation conform to the relevant international standard? 
 [X] Yes [ ] No 
 If no, describe, whenever possible, how and why it deviates from the 
international standard:  This proposal relates to maxi mum residue limits (MRLs) 
established by the Codex Alimentarius, and in the case of mol ecules without Codex 
maximum residue limits (MRLs), those esta blished by the European Union and the 
United States are used.  
9. Other relevant documents and language (s) in which these are available:  Exempt 
Resolution No. 33/2010 (available in Spanish) 
10. Proposed date of adoption (dd/mm/yy) :  Upon publication in the Official Journal. 
Proposed date of publication (dd/mm/yy) :  80 days from the date of circulation of the 
notification. 
11. Proposed date of entry into force:  [ ] Six months from date of publication , and/or  
(dd/mm/yy) :  Upon publication in the Official Journal. 
[ ] Trade facilitating measure 
12. Final date for comments:  [X] Sixty days  from the date of circulation of the 
notification and/or (dd/mm/yy) :  22 April 2011 
Agency or authority designated to handl e comments:  [ ] National Notification 
Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.   Address, fax number and e-mail address 
(if available) of other body: 
E-mail:  sps.chile@sag.gob.cl 
13. Texts available from:  [ ] National Notification Authority, [X] National Enquiry Point.  
Address, fax number and e-mail address (if available) of other body: 
E-mail:  sps.chile@sag.gob.cl